Kohima, 30 March (MTNews): The Nagaland State Election Commission (SEC) has on Thursday notified the cancellation of the 16 May election to the Urban Local Bodies (ULB) after the state Assembly repealed the Nagaland Municipal Act 2001.
The State Election Commissioner, T Mhabemo Yanthan, informed that the election program notified on 9 March for the conduct of the polls in 3 municipal councils and 36 town councils stands cancelled till further orders.
This comes after the state Assembly, on the last day of the recently concluded budget session, repealed the NMA 2001 in toto after various tribal bodies and civil society organizations threatened to boycott the polls if the Act was not amended.